Pokémon "Pokémon! I Choose You!" (found original Japanese airing of anime series pilot; 1997)

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The first part of the video is from the edited Episode 1. The second part is from the recap in the original airing of Episode 2 (lacks audio).

When Pokémon finally came back to the air in April of 1998, four months after the infamous "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident, OLM edited the previous 37 episodes and slowed down the flashing lights, despite no reports of the episode causing anyone harm. The original cuts were never aired again and were a mystery for years. Eventually, the episodes from their original airings were shown on Hulu in Japan, which were taken by a subbing group #pokemon-originals on April 2, 2013. Since then, the sub group seems to have disbanded. Episode 1 was not uploaded because Hulu replaced the original version with the new one to include advertisements for the Wii U before the episodes were put on the #pokemon-originals website. As a result, several people are still looking for a copy of Episode 1 from its original airing, before the flashing lights were edited. There is some information about the original cuts, however, since a remastered version of Episode 1 containing some of the special effects from the original airing was aired on the anime's 15th anniversary. Also, a scene from Episodes 2 and 4 recapping Episode 1 shows a scene from late within it. How flashy the part is can be seen in the Hulu version.

UPDATE: On May 2, 2015, fan group Pokémon Peru posted a recording of the original Episode 1 on Facebook: Part 1 and Part 2